Lift Charles Warren
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Milton Keynes
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Milton Keynes City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lift Charles Warren is a primary school in Milton Keynes for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 July 2025. Milton Keynes has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Lift Charles Warren catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for a Reception place in 2026 was offered one, as at 67 of the 77 other Milton Keynes primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- 57% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), while 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 15 first-choice applications for 17 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 59.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Milton Keynes is 35%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Milton Keynes schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Old Groveway, Simpson, Milton Keynes, MK6 3AZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Milton Keynes
- Pupils on roll
- 182 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 59.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 July 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils embody the school’s values of being big hearted, unusually brave, pushing the limits and discovering what is possible.”
- “Pupils follow the rules and routines of the school from Reception Year onwards.”
- “Social times are joyous times of the day.”
To improve
- “A small number of non-core subjects are still being refined and improved by the school.”
- “In these areas, the school has not yet made sure that staff have the knowledge to check pupils’ understanding or put in place effective activities to help pupils build knowledge over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 57% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 15 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 15 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Milton Keynes.
- Langland Community School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Moorland Primary School 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Heronsgate School 1.0 mi Good
- New Chapter Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Heronshaw School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Heronshill School and Nursery 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Abbeys Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published